ron ore?
Or Australian iron ore?
They themselves didn't know about this, so how could they know that the British were eyeing their own private land?
Historically, iron ore in Australia was not discovered until after 1953. Before 198, the British Governor-General in Australia always believed that Australia was a region with scarce iron ore resources. At that time, the total reserves of iron ore were less than 250 million tons, which was extremely scarce. Therefore, after 1938, Australia enacted legislation to prohibit the export of iron ore and did not allow the sale of its own iron ore!
It is only 1923 now, more than 30 years away from 1953. The British did send an expedition team to Australia for exploration, but they were looking for manganese ore and oil, not iron ore. The British already have the Maple Leaf Iron Ore Area, and the Maple Leaf Iron Ore reserves have been proven to be more than 100 billion tons, which is enough for them to use. There is no need to go to Australia to find iron ore!
However, the Japan does not know these things. The Japan people got very accurate information from German. Ribbentrop not only told them the location of the Australian iron ore, but also accurately determined the location to the town level. Even the local iron ore reserves and the grade of the iron ore are clearly stated!
Such detailed information does not look like fake. The most important thing is that after learning the information, the Japan people really sent their spies in Australia to the western region to confirm it. Sure enough, they found these iron ores in the uninhabited places that German said!
So the people of the Japan naturally believed it. Although they didn't know how the German got such a confidential information, it seemed that there was no problem with the German' information. The real problem was the British Empire! The
Japan people were not fools.
They knew that the British Empire would never allow them to reach into Australia's private land.
So if they wanted to seize Australia's iron ore, the Japan people had only one way to choose, which was to defeat the British Empire, defeat their fleet in the Far East, and completely drive their forces out of the Far East!
It can be said that since the Japan people learned that Australia had a large amount of iron ore, their national policy changed at this moment!
The British Empire had replaced the America at this time and became their biggest imaginary enemy!
The British Empire was humiliated by the Japan people, and they felt inexplicable. They didn't know why the Japan people suddenly had such a strong hostility towards them?
After thinking about it, the only possibility was that the Japan people were dissatisfied with the Four-Power Treaty signed last year, so they took their anger out on the British Empire!
In this regard, the British Empire could only sigh, there was nothing they could do!
The Four-Power Treaty had been signed and could not be changed at this time, and the abolition of the alliance agreement with the Japan was something that Congress had approved.
It was extremely difficult to get Congress to amend this established fact.
Moreover, from a strategic point of view, the Japan's offensive posture in the Celestial Empire at this time had already threatened the interests of the British Empire in the Celestial Empire.
The warlords supported by the Japan had previously defeated the warlords supported by the British Empire, causing considerable losses to their commercial interests in the Celestial Empire.
In this case, the attitude of the capitalists in the British Empire country towards the Japan, a competitor, would naturally not be good. It was in line with the British Empire country to regard the other party as a strategic imaginary enemy!
Thinking of this, the British Empire representative could only shake his head slightly. His efforts to persuade the Japan representative had failed!
Just as the British Empire representative returned in defeat, Ribbentrop left the Italian representative's residence contentedly, and the Italian representative walked out of the door with a smile on his face and sent him off.
Ribbentrop successfully persuaded the Italians to defect from the Allied Powers to German's side and support German's proposal!
Now, the balance of power between the two sides has changed again. The British Empire failed to persuade the Italians, not only failed to gain support, but also lost the support of Italy. As a result, in the new round of voting, German' proposal was passed with a 4:2 advantage.
"Very good, in that case, let's systematically evaluate the strength of each country!"
Ribbentrop rubbed his hands excitedly and immediately put forward another proposal.
Since German's proposal was passed, the naval tonnage of each country should be allocated according to the comprehensive strength of each country, so the show is about to begin!
May I ask: How to systematically judge the comprehensive strength of a country?
The answer is very simple. Calculate the country's industrial strength, military strength, diplomatic strength, scientific research strength, territorial area, population size and other data, and score them according to a unified standard. The higher the score, the stronger the strength!
And if you really want to do this, Ribbentrop's mission will be accomplished!
Because, to calculate these things, even in the 21st century 100 years later, it is a huge and complicated task. It will take three or four months or even half a year. These things will definitely not be finished in a few years!
By the time these are figured out, the Bismarck and Tirpitz battleships in German' country may have been launched!
By that time, the new treaty will not restrict the warships built by German before. Even if these two warships are included in the new total tonnage limit, German's two over-the-top warships will still have a huge advantage over the main battleships of other countries!
After all, the full load displacement of the Bismarck-class battleship is as high as 50,000 tons. The 42,000 tons displacement mentioned by Mainz before is only the standard displacement!
Of course, the figure of 50,000 tons is too irritating. If it is announced, I am afraid that other countries will explode, so the Bismarck-class battleship was announced to the public. The data will be based on 42,000 tons, and the actual tonnage will not be announced!
Contrary to Ribbentrop's expectations, after hearing this proposal, neither the British representative nor the Gaul representative stood up to oppose it.
On the contrary, after the representatives of the two countries looked at each other, their eyes became eager to try!
The results of the First World War proved that the strength of a country is very different from the inherent impression in everyone's mind. The Russian bear, which was originally recognized as the European gendarmerie, has a land area of more than 25 million square kilometers and has defeated Napoleon's 500,000 troops. It has never stopped the war in a hundred years and has fought with major European powers. It should be a very powerful country. After all
, when World War I broke out, the armies of other countries were only a few million, and Mao The army of the bears had reached 5 million. In the middle of the war, when the armies of other countries had increased to several million, the army of the bears had reached a terrifying 10 million.
If you look at the numbers, you would think that the bears were fighting against the whole of Europe on their own. But the reality is that the bears were only fighting against German. However
, they lost the battle.
The German easily invaded the homeland of the bears, forcing the bears to sign a humiliating treaty.
It also led to two revolutions in the bears, and they are still in a civil war!
It was originally thought that German, who was under the attack of the three major powers and fighting on two fronts, should collapse soon.
As a result, German's combat effectiveness was off the charts, and he did not lose the wind in the two-front battle.
He fought back and forth with the three major European countries.
If it weren't for the America's final intervention, German might have been able to continue!
This abnormal situation made all European countries realize that the war is now developing more and more towards a total war. The combat effectiveness of a country depends on their comprehensive national strength. Only countries with strong comprehensive national strength can persist to the end in the total war!
In this situation, not only German and America, but also the British Empire and the France are very curious:
What is the comprehensive strength of the several powers in the world at this time?